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31 August 2017
KAZAKHSTAN
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
January 2004
Accessed Date:
5 November 2012
Title:
Kazakhstan. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
25 August 2016
Title:
Kazakhstan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
1 August 2017
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
3 March 2017
Accessed Date:
7 March 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. Amnesty International Report 2016/17: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. World Report 2017: Events of 2016.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. Nations in Transit 2017.
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. Freedom in the World 2016.
Accessed Date:
25 August 2016
Keywords:
children; corruption; country overview; domestic violence; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; police/security forces; political activities; political organizations; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; state surveillance; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Kazakhstan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
9 August 2016
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
In the Name of Unity. Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Kazakhstan.
Source:
Equal Rights Trust
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
The Situation of Human Rights Defenders: Kazakhstan
Source:
International Service for Human Rights
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; country overview; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; religion; social services; state surveillance; statistics; torture
Title:
Human Rights Watch Concerns and Recommendations on Kazakhstan. Submitted to the UN Human Rights Committee on the occasion of its Second Periodic Review of Kazakhstan.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
14 June 2016
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; country overview; human rights activists; humanitarian situation; legislation; political activities; political opposition; political organizations
Title:
Kazakhstan: Litany of abuses continues, even under EXPO-2017 spotlight
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
2 August 2017
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Law on Citizenship (1991, amended 2013)
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Law on Documents of Identification (2013, amended 2014)
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Kazakhstan. Election for Mazhilis (Kazakh House of Representatives) of 20 March 2016.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
15 July 2015
Title:
Kazakhstan. Election for President of 26 April 2015.
Source:
International Foundation for Electoral Systems. Election Guide.
Accessed Date:
10 August 2015
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Kazakhstan Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
country overview; political activities; political organizations
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
4 April 2017
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
2017 Constitutional Reform in Kazakhstan: increasing democracy without political pluralism?
Date of Document:
28 March 2017
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan, Early Parliamentary Elections 20 March 2016: Final Report
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
27 June 2016
Accessed Date:
29 August 2017
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence (2009, amended 2014)
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
10 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; domestic violence; family law; gender equality; gender-based violence; labour; legislation; marriage; sexual violence; statistics
Title:
Women in Kazakhstan. Wonder Foundation Insight Report.
Source:
Wonder Foundation; Kazakhstan Foundation for Cultural, Social and Educational Development
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Romance and Patriarchy in the 21st Century: The Bride Abductions of Kazakhstan
Source:
The Upstream Journal
Date of Document:
December 2015
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Law on State Guarantees of Equal Rights and Equal Opportunities of Men and Women (2009, amended 2013)
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
“That's When I Realized I Was Nobody”: A Climate of Fear for LGBT People in Kazakhstan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
23 July 2015
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; human rights activists; religion; sexual minorities; torture
Title:
“Don't Provoke, Don't Challenge”: The Censorship and Self-Censorship of the LGBT Community in Kazakhstan
Date of Document:
December 2015
Accessed Date:
29 August 2016
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; gender-based violence; human rights activists; sexual minorities
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Kazakhstan. Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. Third Round of Monitoring. Progress Updates.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Date of Document:
September 2016
Accessed Date:
29 August 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
July 2017
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2017, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2017, Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. 2017 OSAC Crime and Safety Report: Almaty.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
25 January 2017
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. 2017 OSAC Crime and Safety Report: Astana.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 January 2017
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems
Title:
Kazakhstan. WJP Rule of Law Index 2016.
Source:
World Justice Project
Accessed Date:
31 January 2017
Title:
Dead End Justice: Impunity for Torture in Kazakhstan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
3 March 2016
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
human rights activists; torture
Title:
Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Kazakhstan. Addendum. Additional information received from Kazakhstan on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CAT/C/KAZ/CO/3/Add.2
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
18 January 2017
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan: Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 June 2016
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Kazakhstan under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
26 May 2016
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Kazakhstan. Freedom of the Press 2016.
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. Freedom on the Net 2016.
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Think Before You Post: Closing Down Social Media Space in Kazakhstan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2017
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
April 2017
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Twentieth known 2017 criminal conviction
Date of Document:
25 July 2017
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Analysis of Trends in Legal Regulation of the Right to Free Conscience, Religion, and Belief in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Freedom of Religion and Belief in Central Asia: Trends and Challenges.
Source:
Open Viewpoint Public Foundation
Date of Document:
30 September 2015
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; legal system; legislation; religion
Title:
Kazakhstan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 August 2017
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Forum 18 submission to the UN Human Rights Committee on freedom of thought, conscience and religion in Kazakhstan
Date of Document:
May 2016
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; religion
Title:
Kazakhstan. Challenges to Freedom of Religion in Post-Soviet Central Asian States.
Source:
Religious Freedom Initiative Mission Eurasia
Date of Document:
March 2016
Author:
Vitaliy V. Proshak; Evgeny Grechko
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Concluding observations on the combined sixth and seventh periodic reports of Kazakhstan
Source:
United Nations. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
Date of Document:
14 March 2014
Accessed Date:
19 August 2015
Keywords:
children; crime; disappeared persons; ethnic and national groups; freedom of expression; gender equality; human rights activists; indigenous groups; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; minorities; organized crime; race; rejected asylum seekers; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Situation of Russian minorities; state protection and support services
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
10 August 2012
Accessed Date:
5 November 2012
Keywords:
institutional efficacy; legislation; minorities
Title:
Kazakhstan. State of the World's Minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Minority Rights Group International
Date of Document:
July 2016
Author:
Katya Quinn-Judge
Accessed Date:
25 August 2016
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; minorities; religion; statistics
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions
Title:
“We Are Not the Enemy”: Violations of Workers' Rights in Kazakhstan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 31 March 2017:
Title:
Kazakhstan. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
15 August 2016
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/kz.html
Accessed Date:
25 August 2016
Keywords:
country overview; map
Title:
Kazakhstan. Amnesty International Report 2015/16: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/europe-and-central-asia/kazakhstan/report-kazakhstan/
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
corruption; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; humanitarian situation; political activities; statistics; torture
Title:
Kazakhstan. World Report 2016: Events of 2015.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
January 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/kazakhstan
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
conflict; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of movement; freedom of the press; humanitarian situation; legal system; legislation; torture
Title:
Kazakhstan. Nations in Transit 2016.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/nations-transit/2016/kazakhstan
Accessed Date:
14 July 2016
Keywords:
election; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; legal system; statistics
Title:
Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Citizenship of the Republic of Kazakhstan
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/pdfid/502caf112.pdf
Accessed Date:
3 October 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; legislation
Title:
Kazakhstan Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/KZ.html
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
identity documents
Title:
Country Updates: Kazakhstan
Source:
European Forum for Democracy and Solidarity
Date of Document:
12 October 2015
URL:
http://www.europeanforum.net/uploads/countries/pdf/kazakhstan.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
country overview; election; international guidance note; legislation; political activities; statistics
Title:
Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence
URL:
http://www.legislationline.org/documents/id/16323
Accessed Date:
27 August 2013
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; legislation; sexual violence
Title:
Kazakhstan. Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan. Third Round of Monitoring. Progress Updates.
Source:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
Date of Document:
October 2015
URL:
https://www.oecd.org/corruption/acn/Kazakhstan-ACN-Progress-Update-Oct-2015-EN.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; country overview; extremist/terrorist organizations; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; police corruption
Title:
Kazakhstan. Country Reports on Terrorism 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
2 June 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2015/257518.htm
Accessed Date:
25 August 2016
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; freedom of movement; internal displacement; nationality; police report; police/security forces; religion
Title:
Kazakhstan (Tier 2). Trafficking in Persons Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2016/258794.htm
Accessed Date:
25 August 2016
Keywords:
children; crime; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; organized crime; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; statistics; trafficking in persons
Title:
Kazakhstan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2016, Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2016/vol1/253278.htm
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
drug trafficking
Title:
Kazakhstan. 2016 OSAC Crime and Safety Report: Almaty.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 April 2016
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=19417
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
country overview; drug trafficking; freedom of movement; state surveillance
Title:
Kazakhstan. WJP Rule of Law Index 2015.
Source:
World Justice Project
URL:
http://data.worldjusticeproject.org/#groups/KAZ
Accessed Date:
11 August 2015
Keywords:
conflict; corruption; crime; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; government corruption; institutional efficacy; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; penal system; police corruption; police efficacy; religion
Title:
Kazakhstan. Freedom of the Press 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2015/kazakhstan
Accessed Date:
25 August 2016
Keywords:
freedom of expression; freedom of the press
Title:
Kazakhstan. Freedom on the Net 2015.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2015/kazakhstan
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
Internet; legislation; statistics
Title:
Kazakhstan. United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Annual Report 2016.
Source:
United States. Commission on International Religious Freedom.
Date of Document:
2 May 2016
URL:
http://www.uscirf.gov/sites/default/files/USCIRF_Tier2_Kazakh.pdf
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
conflict; country overview; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; Internet; religion
Title:
Kazakhstan. International Religious Freedom Report for 2015.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
10 August 2016
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2015&dlid=256307
Accessed Date:
25 August 2016
Keywords:
arbitrary arrest and detention; children; freedom of expression; legal system; legislation; minorities; penal system; religion; state surveillance; statistics
Title:
Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review: Kazakhstan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
10 December 2014
URL:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/KZSession20.aspx
Accessed Date:
10 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; human rights activists; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons; transport infrastructure
Title:
National Report Submitted in Accordance with Paragraph 5 of the Annex to Human Rights Council Resolution 16/21: Kazakhstan
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/20/KAZ/1
Date of Document:
16 September 2014
URL:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/UPR/Pages/KZSession20.aspx
Accessed Date:
10 August 2015
Keywords:
abduction; children; corruption; crime; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; extremist/terrorist organizations; freedom of assembly; freedom of expression; freedom of the press; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; Internet; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; minorities; penal system; rejected asylum seekers; religion; sexual violence; social services; torture; trafficking in persons
Title:
Women's Access to Justice in Kazakhstan: Identifying the Obstacles and Need for Change
Source:
International Commission of Jurists
URL:
http://icj.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/ICJ-kazakhstan-Women-A2J.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 August 2014
Keywords:
domestic violence; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; international guidance note; judicial corruption; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; sexual violence; social services
Title:
“Call Me When He Tries to Kill You”: State Response to Domestic Violence in Kyrgyzstan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
28 October 2015
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2015/10/28/call-me-when-he-tries-kill-you/state-response-domestic-violence-kyrgyzstan
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
domestic violence; human rights activists; humanitarian situation
Title:
Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Heiner Bielefeldt. Addendum. Mission to Kazakhstan.
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
23 December 2014
URL:
http://www.refworld.org/docid/550822fe4.html
Accessed Date:
15 July 2016
Keywords:
freedom of movement; religion
Title:
Concluding observations on the second periodic report of Kazakhstan
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
9 August 2016
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CCPR/C/KAZ/CO/2
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
In the Name of Unity. Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Kazakhstan.
Source:
Equal Rights Trust
Date of Document:
December 2016
URL:
http://www.equalrightstrust.org/ertdocumentbank/Kazakhstan_EN_0.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan: Litany of abuses continues, even under EXPO-2017 spotlight
Source:
International Partnership for Human Rights
Date of Document:
2 August 2017
URL:
http://iphronline.org/kazakhstan-litany-abuses-continues-even-expo-2017-spotlight.html
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Law on Documents of Identification (2013, amended 2014)
URL:
http://www.legislationline.org/download/action/download/id/6560/file/Kazakhstan_law_documents_identification_2013_am2014_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
2017 Constitutional Reform in Kazakhstan: increasing democracy without political pluralism?
Date of Document:
28 March 2017
URL:
http://www.constitutionnet.org/news/2017-constitutional-reform-kazakhstan-increasing-democracy-without-political-pluralism
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan, Early Parliamentary Elections 20 March 2016: Final Report
Source:
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights.
Date of Document:
27 June 2016
URL:
http://www.osce.org/odihr/elections/kazakhstan/248781
Accessed Date:
29 August 2017
Title:
Women in Kazakhstan. Wonder Foundation Insight Report.
Source:
Wonder Foundation; Kazakhstan Foundation for Cultural, Social and Educational Development
URL:
http://wonderfoundation.org.uk/resources/women-kazakhstan-insight-report
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
Romance and Patriarchy in the 21st Century: The Bride Abductions of Kazakhstan
Source:
The Upstream Journal
Date of Document:
December 2015
URL:
https://www.upstreamjournal.org/2015/12/bride-abductions/
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Law on State Guarantees of Equal Rights and Equal Opportunities of Men and Women (2009, amended 2013)
URL:
http://www.legislationline.org/download/action/download/id/6807/file/Kazakhstan_state_guarantees_equal_right_opportunities_men_women_2009_am2013_en.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2017, Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/268024.pdf
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan. 2017 OSAC Crime and Safety Report: Astana.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
27 January 2017
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=21133
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the third periodic report of Kazakhstan. Addendum. Additional information received from Kazakhstan on follow-up to the concluding observations.
Code:
CAT/C/KAZ/CO/3/Add.2
Source:
United Nations. Committee against Torture.
Date of Document:
18 January 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CAT/C/KAZ/CO/3/Add.2
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Kazakhstan: Submission to the United Nations Human Rights Committee
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
14 June 2016
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/document/?indexNumber=eur57%2f4122%2f2016&language=en
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the report submitted by Kazakhstan under article 29 (1) of the Convention
Source:
United Nations. Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
Date of Document:
26 May 2016
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CED/C/KAZ/CO/1
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Think Before You Post: Closing Down Social Media Space in Kazakhstan
Source:
Amnesty International
Date of Document:
9 February 2017
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/eur57/5644/2017/en/
Accessed Date:
10 July 2017
Title:
Twentieth known 2017 criminal conviction
Date of Document:
25 July 2017
URL:
http://www.forum18.org/archive.php?article_id=2300
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
Title:
“We Are Not the Enemy”: Violations of Workers' Rights in Kazakhstan
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
November 2016
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2016/11/23/we-are-not-enemy/violations-workers-rights-kazakhstan
Accessed Date:
25 August 2017
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